LT Christina Kasm, U.S. Navy, will be visiting the UWF on Tuesday March 2nd, 2010, in Room 350 at the new SSE Building from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm.  Lunch will be provided. LT Kasm will be speaking about her time in the U.S. Navy and about the Navy Propulsion Officer Program. All students are invited to bring questions about joining the Navy, what its like to serve in the Navy, and to find out about different opportunities that are available for students now with the Navy.

LT Christina Kasm is a Nuclear Trained Officer currently stationed with Navy Recruiting Region East at Naval Support Activity, Millington, Tennessee. She travels to universities and conferences to promote the Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate (NUPOC) Program to engineering and technical science students. LT Kasm is in her sixth year as a Naval Officer. She obtained her commission through the NUPOC Program and attended Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida in the summer of 2003. She earned her Officer of the Deck and Surface Warfare qualifications onboard USS PONCE (LPD 15) from October 2003 to July 2005. She served as Weapons Officer in charge of 20 people and was accountable for 12 million dollars worth of Navy and Marine Corps ammunition. She then attended Nuclear Power School and Nuclear Prototype in Charleston, South Carolina, after which she served two years onboard the USS ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) where she earned her Propulsion Plant Watch Officer qualification. She was in charge of training 120 mechanics and was responsible for the mechanical operation of two nuclear reactors. Her tour included two deployments to the Persian Gulf. LT Kasm attained her Nuclear Engineer Officer qualification from Naval Reactors in June 2008.

LT Kasm attended the University of Florida from 1999 through 2003 and earned a Bachelor's of Science in Astronomy (Summa Cum Laude) and Physics (Cum Laude). She is published in the Astrophysical Journal and also won a Research for Undergraduate grant from the National Science Foundation and Maria Mitchell Observatory.

New Electrical and Computer Engineering Scholarship

The Islamic Center of Northwest Florida has established a scholarship for UWF Electrical and Computer Engineering Department students. A total of $10,000 will be awarded ($2,000 per year) over the next five years to students in the program. The awards will be in $500 increments and will begin the spring of 2010. Applicants must demonstrate financial need, as determined by the Financial Aid Office, and awards will be given to students who have declared engineering as a major and who have a minimum GPA of 3.0/4.0. For more information about the department or the scholarship, visit http://uwf.edu/ece/.

Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Annual Conference

October 15, 2009

This picture was taken during the Career Fair at the SWE Conference this fall. Everyone in the photo took turns telling people about our programs at UWF. Our UWF students also met many corporate representatives, and had a few interviews. Within a few days of our return, one of our students, Lisa Vallin, was offered a summer internship with Barclay's Capital in New York City! UWF students took second place in the KC Collegiate Competition that was held the last day of the conference.

From left to right:
Christine Buziak, President of our local Professional SWE section; 
Carol Chanley, UWF Undergraduate EE student, and Secretary of UWF SWE section; 
Janet Nemanic, UWF Graduate SE student, and Treasurer of local Professional SWE section; 
Lisa Vallin, UWF Undergraduate SE student, and Treasurer of UWF SWE section; 
Ashley Beacham, UWF Undergraduate SE student; 
Laura J. White, UWF Assistant Professor, Faculty Advisor of Student SWE section, and member of local Professional SWE section.

UWF UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS TEAM PLACES SECOND IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

June 29, 2009

PENSACOLA - The University of West Florida Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) team competed and placed second in the flight competition out of 25 colleges and universities in the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), the world’s largest non-profit organization devoted exclusively to advancing the unmanned systems community.

UWF received $8,000 in prize money. The students who competed in the competition are Neil Edmonston, electrical engineering major; Eric Becker, electrical engineering major; Clint Edmonston, undeclared major; and Steve Long, computer engineering major. The UWF team outperformed larger teams of seniors, graduate students and doctoral students.
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High-Tech Alumnus Staying Connected to UWF

By Megan Tyson, University Marketing Communications
Ambitious and hard working, Jeremy Wyatt, '98, electrical engineering, is definitely a multi-tasker. Whether he's working on software publications, pursuing his MBA or serving as master of ceremonies at a University of West Florida Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology (BEST) robotics competition, he still finds time to inspire and recruit new talent for his industry.

"I have been involved in the hiring of at least seven UWF graduates and I can say in all honesty that I have seen a direct correlation between hard work early on and success later," said Wyatt. "UWF understands that the community needs this kind of talent and that we have to start recruiting at the high-school level if we want our brightest kids to stay in the Northwest Florida region."
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UWF RECOGNIZES WEBB ELECTRIC COMPANY OF FLORIDA FOR ENDOWMENT GIFT

Spring 2008 Webb scholarship recipients pictured from left to right: Gary Wise, Scott Walker, Robert Hartwell, Joshua Martin, Michael Bolen, Dana Wadsworth, Jeremy Gunn and Brian Smith pictured with Melinda Webb Schwartz and Jerry Webb during the March 11 groundbreaking ceremony for the new Science and Engineering building.